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clianninij;  village;  is  located,  to  wliirii  tiie  tide  of  lashion  turns  ever}'  summer  as  its 
reudc!Z-vou8  and  resort.  Twenty-five  years  ago  Riclifield  Springs  was  scareely  ivnown, 
but  now  it  comjietes  vvith  older  and  larger  places  for  the  first  rank  among  summer  and  health 
resorts.  Tiie  village  nestles  at  the  foot  of  hills  which  rise  on  three  sides,  tempering  tlie  high 
winds  and  lending  charm  to  the  landscape.  Every  pathway  that  leads  through  the  neighbor- 
ing forests  and  every  lake  within  the  scope  of  its  view  has  l)een  made  famous  in  romance  by 
Fknnimoke  Cooi'er.  The  Sulphur  Springs  first  attracted  attention  to  Richfield,  and  now  there 
are  sixteen  mineral  springs  in  and  about  the  village,  with  as  many  different  compositions. 
Amusements  are  in  great  variety;  sailing,  boating,  fishing,  hunting,  and  sports  of  field  and 
lawn.  Nature  has  generously  prepared  for  the  summer  population's  reception,  and  her  gifts 
of  the  waters,  of  hills  and  dales,  of  woods  and  shores  have  been  supplemented  with  all  facil- 
ities for  comfijrt  and  pleasure,  and  with  safe-guards  against  disease.  A  line  of  omnibusses 
make  regular  trips  to  Walnut  Grove,  the  Lake  House,  Gano's  Grove,  to  Waiontha  Observatory 
and  other  points.  Famous  is  the  twelve-mile  drive  around  Canadarago  Lake,  whicli  is  but 
one  mile  distant  from  the  centre  of  the  village,  and  stretches  out  its  lovely  surface  for  5  miles 
by  2  miles  in  width  From  Lakeview  the  best  view  of  the  lake  is  obtained.  A  drive  of  six 
miles  by  stage  or  tally-ho  brings  one  to  Otsego  Lake.  The  Van  Horuesville  Caves  and  Falls, 
ten  miles  distant  from  Richfield,  are  in  a  romantic  glen,  such  as  the  hills  in  this  lake  region 
are  rifted  with. 

The  Spring  House  and  New  American  Hotel  are  the  principal  hostelries,  both  highly 
comfortable  and  furnished  with  such  improvements  as  passenger  elevator  and  the  electric 
light  throughout.  Allen's  Lake  supplies  the  village  with  the  purest  of  water.  Withal  Rich- 
field's  hygienic  conditions  and  picturesque  situation,  1700  feet  above  the  sea,  seem  to  have 
foreordained  it  as  a  Mecca  for  the  seekers  after  health  and  rest. 


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RICHFIELD   SPRINGS,   FROM   SUNSET   HILL. 


SPRING  HOUSE. 


SPRING  HOUSE  PARK. 


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THE  NEW  AMERICAN. 


LAKE   VIEW— WEST  SIDE. 


UNIVERSALIST   CHURCH. 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 


METHODIST  CHURCH, 


FROM  WALNUT  GROVE  SOUTH,  CANADARAGO  LAKE. 


CANADARAGO   LAKE. 


CHASE  COTTAGE, 


ALLEN  S    LAKE. 


CLAYTON   LODGE. 


IRON  SPRING. 


VAN   HORNESVILLE  FALLS. 


AMONG  THE  HOP  FIELDS. 


^  -A  COACHING  PARTY. 


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LAWN  TENNIS— SPRING   HOUSE  PARK. 


FARNHAM'S  BRIDGE. 


PINE  GROVE  DRIVE— WEST  SIDE. 


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